by Hank Nuwer | Jan 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
“Hank, we have a problem,” my wife Gosia said from the open window of her Jeep. We were just 10 feet into Alaska after a 3,500-mile drive. The temperature was 11 below zero. Five minutes earlier, I passed through U.S. Customs. The female officer asked why...
by Hank Nuwer | Jan 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
“I’m goin’ down, down, down, down,” I crowed out of tune along with the radio. I steered the Chevy van from the Alberta highlands near Bezanon toward the stark and rugged terrain of Grande Prairie. Bruce Springsteen’s lament about his bored lover was appropriate...
by Hank Nuwer | Jan 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
Friday, June 6, started off with double scares. The Jeep Renegade tire pressure was a dozen pounds less than Jeep recommended. The automatic door on the Chevy Uplander failed to close fully after loading. Improbable as it seems, the Jeep and Chevy dealerships...
by Hank Nuwer | Jan 6, 2023 | Uncategorized
PS on Friday. At our hotel in Saskatchewan. Gosia awakened, showered, and dressed for breakfast. She put on a black shirt that read “Nenana Ice Classic.” “You think it’s cold out?” asked Gosia. “Are we in Canada?” I said in...
by Hank Nuwer | Jan 6, 2023 | Uncategorized
Good morning. It’s 3:50 a.m. Central Time on Friday as I write now in Estevan, Saskatchewan. Not much time to write the last two days. We just plugged on and on. We stopped at the duty-free shop at the Customs border in Portal, N.D. last night and bought a not-bad...